Skewer.



UNITED SEWER.

Specification of Letters Patent.

Patented sept. 15, 1908.

Application filed. November 27, 1907. Serial No. 404,076.

To all -wlzom 'Zt 1may concern.:

Be it known' that I, SARAH C. REYER, citizen of the United States, residing at Car tliage, in the county of Hancock alid State of Illinois, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Skewers, of which the following is a s iecilication.

The object ofthe present-invention has been the provision of a novel meat skewer which operates in an effective manner to' hold the various portions of the meat closely together while being roasted or otherwise cooked, and which owing to its peculiar design can be easily and quickly removed from the meat without in any manner inutilat-ing or disii-fring the saine.

For a full description of the invention and the merits thereof and also to acquire a knowledge of the details of construction and the means for effecting the result, reference is to be had to the following description and accompanying drawings, in which:

Figure 1 is a peispectiveview of a meat skeiver embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a front viewof the Same;

Corresponding and like parts are referred to iii-,the following description and indicated in all the views of the drawings by the same reference characters.

The improved skewer embodied by the pnsent invention is designed to be formed from a single piece of wire or sheetmaterial, and in the present instance is shown as stamped from a piece of sheet material having a suilicient thickness to impartthc nocessary strength andV rigidity to the skewer.

Referring to the drawing the numeral 1 designates the shank of the skewer, the said shank being provided at one end with a plu-- rslity of rongs 2 which bear a parallel and spaced re ation to each other, In the present instance there are three of the prongs 2, one of which vcoincides in direction with the longitudinal axis of the-shank while the other two are offset from the shank upon opposite sides thereof. These prongs 2 are also nshown in the drawing as havinoi a square or rectangular cross section and as having the exsTfiTEs 'PATENT onricir.A i

SARAH C. REYER, OF CARTHAGE, ILLlNOIS.

tremitics thereof pointed so as to be readily inserted in the meat. The opposite end of the shank is enlarged and provided with an opening 3 designed to receive the linger of t ie operator or a suitable tool when witli drawing the skewcr from the meat.

Freni the foregoing description it will be readily ap )arent that the prongs 2 can be readilyem edded in a roast or other piece of vmeat 1n such a manner as to hold the various portions thereof closely together during the cooking operation and prevent any bulging or separation of the'parts of the meat such as would cause `the same to cook unevcnlyl or become dry and tasteless so as to necessi- 2 tate the 'waste thereof. After the meat has been roasted or cooked in the desired inanneil the opening 3 in the enlarged end of the shank may be engaged by the linger of the operator or by any suitable means and sufficient force applied thereto to withdraw the skewer from the meat without in any manner mutilating or disliguring the meat to such an extent as to prevent the same from being carved.

Having thus described the invention, what is claimed as new is:

The herein described meat skewer stamped from a single )ieee of material and comprising a shanil provided at one end with an enlargement having an opening formed therein to permit of ready wit idrawal of the skewer while the opposite end is provided with three parallel and spaced prongs, the middle prong being arranged in alinement with the longitudinal axis of the skewer 85 

